Doug's sister,
Natalie, has become a hero of mine in the last 19 days. Her husband, Dave, was deployed to Iraq in March of this year for a 9 month deployment. They have been separated for nearly 5 months and Dave has been separated from his 3 (now 4) children. Doug and I visited her in April and had a great time in Louisiana--it was already really hot in April! Well, Natalie just delivered their 4th baby by c-section and Doug had time off from school and work and went out to help. This has been a very long 19 days for me! I can only imagine what it's like to have a new baby without your husband. Natalie, you're amazing.
Top 10 things I've missed about Doug:
1. Whenever I am having a bad day, he tries to make me laugh with some pretty dry humor.
2. He sleeps by my side and I fall asleep in a few minutes.
3. The 'welcome home' kiss I get everyday.
4. Our weekly dates--we love to be together.
5. He gets me outdoors: hiking, running, biking, etc.
6. We call each other multiple times per day just to say hello.
7. Having someone to sit with at church.
8. Talking to him just before I close my eyes to sleep.
9. Snuggling with him before I close my eyes to sleep.
10. Working out with him...he's my favorite running partner.
He comes home tonight at 11:30. I can hardly wait.
Doug and I got a call on July 14th to let us know that the blood test I had taken that morning had confirmed a pregnancy. We've been on cloud nine ever since. I had taken the day off work to be with Doug when we got the results. We decided to go shopping in Park City for the day and were at lunch when the call came. Our waitress was a little caught off guard when she came to get our order and we were crying. Doug quickly told her that we had just gotten some good news from our doctor. We celebrated all afternoon. Before going home, we stopped back at the outlets and picked up two baby outfits, one boy and one girl. I am going to need to reign in Doug on the clothes shopping--he LOVES buying baby clothes!
On July 29th, I went in for a viability ultrasound when I was only 6 weeks and they found two babies in there--yup, two. I thought I would attach a photo of them--they are I think 1/2 cm in this photo. My doctor heard good healthy heartbeats for both babies and they measure pretty well on time. The one on the right is about 2 days behind developmentally. My doctor calls them twin A and twin B. They are fraternal and we will find out in a few months if they are boy/boy, girl/girl, or girl/boy. So, we're taking guesses for the next while! We're so excited. 
